James CookCaptain James CookDied14 February 1779 (aged 50) Kealakekua Bay, HawaiiNationalityBritishEducationPostgate School, Great AytonOccupationExplorer, navigator, cartographer8 more rows read more
On February 14, 1779, Captain James Cook, the great English explorer and navigator, is murdered by natives of Hawaii during his third visit to the Pacific island group. On February 14, 1779, Captain James Cook, the great English explorer and navigator, is murdered by natives of Hawaii during his third visit to the Pacific island group. read more
Captain James Cook FRS (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. read more
It was here that the great navigator Captain James Cook was killed on February 14, 1779. read more